CASA a DCA initiative:

P.S. 5

Lehman College Art Gallery is grateful to New York City Council member Diana Ayala for this designation. Students participated in collaborative games and explored various visual arts media while building meaningful relationships with each other. Using a project-based learning approach, students used different art-making techniques, working both individually and collaboratively. Media included sculpture, painting, printmaking, collage, and water/oil resist drawing. The curriculum focused on creating animal imagery, highlighting student choices, creativity, and personal expression.

IS 181

Lehman College Art Gallery is grateful to New York City Council member Kevin Riley for this designation. Students explored a wide range of visual art techniques with a strong focus on clay building, painting, and mixed media. Using paper clay, students crafted and painted pendants and pins inspired by food items of personal cultural significance. They created animal vessels from air-dry clay, employing both pinch pot and coil pot techniques to explore form, texture, and functionality. Students were introduced to mold-making through a hands-on process that involved mixing plaster and embedding various materials—such as gold leaf, sequins, paint, and found objects—into their molds. These molds took imaginative shapes, including animal masks, and offered students opportunities for design experimentation and sensory engagement. In acrylic painting sessions, students created expressive animal masks—real or imagined—set against landscape backgrounds. They learned core landscape painting concepts, including foreground, middle ground, and background, and overlaid their paintings with original stories in pen, experimenting with narrative and word art.

P.S. 178x

Lehman College Art Gallery is grateful to New York City Council member Kevin Riley for this designation. The program launched with an introduction to the project’s goals and a presentation of The NY Latin American Art Triennial, a recent exhibition at Lehman College Art Gallery. This overview highlighted the techniques, processes, and inspirations of featured artists, offering students a meaningful foundation for their creative exploration. Using the exhibition catalog as a reference, students were introduced to a variety of art-making techniques, including brush painting, paint pouring, mixed media collage, sculpture, and mini-installation. Students engaged in the creation of diverse artworks, including abstract and landscape paintings, decorative birdhouses, air-dry clay sculptures, and original cartoon characters. The program was intentionally structured to support both skill development and personal reflection.